Niger - Project to support the development of a strategy and a national action plan for decent youth employment in the agriculture and agribusiness sectors in Niger.

Project Summary

Approval Date	06 Dec 2021
Signature Date	14 Apr 2022
Planned Completion Date	30 Apr 2025
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign	Sovereign
Sector	Social
DAC Sector Code	11231
Environmental Category	2
Commitment	U.A 1,000,000
Status	Implementation

Project General Description

The proposed project supports the development of a strategy and a national action plan for decent youth employment in the agricultural and agri-food sectors in Niger (PAJEJ2A). The project aims to promote job creation in the agricultural and agri-food sectors in the country. The Bank will support the Government of Niger in its efforts to boost youth employment in the agricultural and agri-food sector and play a strategic role in national consultations on this issue in Niger. The project has 4 components: (i) Elaboration and popularisation of a strategy and a national action plan for youth employment in the agricultural and agri-food sector in Niger; (ii) Capacity building of actors and structures involved in the implementation of the strategy; (iii) Mobilisation of resources necessary for the implementation of the NAP and the scaling up of the COE; (iv) Operation of the Project Management Unit. This assistance is expected to contribute to the reduction of the youth unemployment rate. The total cost of the project, net of taxes and duties, is estimated at UA 1,000,000.

Project Objectives

The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the improvement of the effectiveness of policies for the promotion of employment of young men and women in the agricultural and agri-food sectors in Niger through (i) the elaboration of a national strategy integrating the gender theme and its action plan in this field, (ii) the contribution to the mobilization of the necessary resources for the implementation of the action plan, and (iii) the reinforcement of the capacities of the actors and the structures involved in the implementation of the strategy.

Beneficiaries

The targeted beneficiaries are: the Government of Niger, the Ministry of Agriculture/General Secretariat/Agricultural Policy Support Unit (USPA), young men and women entrepreneurs in the agribusiness sector.

Participating Organization

Funding

Fragile States Facility

Implementing

MINISTERE DE L'AGRICULTURE ET DE L'ELEVAGE DU NIGER

Information

IATI identifier	46002-P-NE-I00-004
Last Update	06 Feb 2023

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Contact Details

Name	MAIGA Youssouf Ario
Email	y.maiga@afdb.org

Geographic Location

Country	Niger

Coordinates	Location Name
13.5137 2.1098	Niamey

Project Classification

Finance Type	Aid Grant Excluding Debt Reorganisation
Flow Type	ODA
Aid Type	Other Technical Assistance

Commitments

U.A 1,000,000

Transition Support Facility

U.A 1,000,000

Disbursements

Document Type	Language	Document
Expression of interest	fr	viewer
Appraisal report	fr	viewer
Contract	fr	viewer

Indicator	Indicator Measure	Target Year	Target Value
Number of validated Operational Strategy Papers	Number	2021	1
Number of updated National Action Plans (NAPs) aligned with the strategy	Number	2021	1
Number of consultation frameworks created and operational	Number	2021	1
Number of trainers of the Centre of Excellence are trained	Number	2021	10
Number of rural youth trained in market development for agricultural and agri-food products	Number	2021	800
Number of rural youth trained in market development for agricultural and agri-food products - including girls	Number	2021	400
Number of managers from rural development ministries, NGOs and farmers' organisations trained on how to take into account the creation of decent jobs for young people in their interventions	Number	2021	50
Number of inclusive strategies for the promotion of decent employment for young people in the agricultural and agri-food sector developed	Number	2021	1
Number of National Action Plans (NAP) developed and adopted	Number	2021	1
Number of technical feasibility study of the centre of excellence carried out	Number	2021	1
Number of Concertation Framework (CC) created	Number	2021	1
Number of working sessions of the Concertation Framework (CF)	Number	2021	5
Number of trainers trained at the Centre of Excellence (COE)	Number	2021	10
Number of Centre of Excellence (COE) created	Number	2021	1
Number of executives from rural development ministries, local NGOs and farmers' organisations trained on how to take into account the theme of job creation for young people in the development of their sectoral strategies	Number	2021	50
Number of young people trained on the creation, search for financing and development of markets for young agricultural and agro-industrial enterprises	Number	2021	800
Number of young people trained in setting up, seeking finance and developing markets for youth agricultural and agro-industrial enterprises - including girls	Number	2021	500
Number of curricula and training programme developed for the Centre of Excellence (COE)	Number	2021	All curricula identified by the feasibility study
Number of young people trained at the Centre of Excellence (COE) in KOLLO in the first cohort	Number	2021	20
Number of young people trained at the Centre of Excellence (COE) in KOLLO for the first cohort - of which girls	Number	2021	5
A Centre of Excellence (COE) is provided with the necessary equipment to function	None	2021	All facilities identified by the feasibility study
A report on the functioning of the Centre of Excellence (COE) is prepared and validated	Number	2021	1
A round table to mobilise the resources necessary for the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) and the scaling up of the Centre of Excellence (COE) is organised	Number	2021	1
The necessary resources for the implementation of the strategy and the National Action Plan (NAP) are mobilised	%	2021	70
Number of staff assigned to the Project Implementation Unit	Number	2021	3
Number of periodic activity reports produced	Number	2021	12